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EU`s pollution control measures suffers setback

EU`s pollution control measures suffers setback european plans to cut pollution have seen a set back following a massive slump in markets, caused by the "cack-handed' way in which carbon emissions trading was set up within the continent, say energy experts.

The European Commission (ec) has found that in 2005 alone eu industrial units pumped out 1.785 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, while national authorities had given them allowances for 1.829 billion tonnes